I was born and raised Mormon, had nine children, went to ricks college, married in Temple, The Lord saved me also when I was 33, I am 53,, Love the freedom of Jesus, p[rais Jesus for your salvation !!!
I was raised Mormon and I was saved at 17. I married my highschool sweetheart which broke my parents hearts because he was Christian. The pastor and the elders of our church prayed over us. My dad at my wedding told me how those people who prayed for me had no authority to do that because they don't have priesthood. It's been really hard with my family, But I know God's love, the true Gods love and I wouldn't change it for anything.
I also left the cult of Mormonism 26 years ago. Gods Word, the Bible brought me out as well. Gods Truth will set you free, in Christ alone. I’m 64 now, and have never looked back.
How how how, can Mormons keep converting people and teaching these false teachings, and that they must WORK for their salvation!! It is awful, what they believe about the trinity. I pray for them. They are very very powerful, in that they step up and help those in need, and that is good, but it is a SNARE. SO EASY TO GET INTO, so hard to get out of.
When I resigned from the Mormon religion my local bishop called me on Easter Sunday and told me that if I proceeded with resignation the Mormon religion takes back my baptism and blessings. They think they have the right and power of God to give and take just like their god does to them
Thank you for sharing, my wife and I left the LDS church almost 2 years ago. Very very similar story. Though mine started questioning the word of wisdom and the temple recommend questions.
Ten years out, tried to go back during this time but I couldn't lie to myself. I still struggle to this day with understanding and getting the teachings mixed up with Christianity. I love Mormons, I do not love the doctrine. It breaks my heart how damaging it is!
My mother was deceived 20 years ago and drawn away from Christ into the LDS church. I have tried to discuss it and she defends it vehemently. I re-planted the seed, I know it is up to God for the increase. Please pray with me that if it is God's will for her to be returned to the grace of Christ, then God will do what we already know He can. Thank you, Amen.
My best friend growing up, lived across the street, was LDS. My aunt was a charter member of the Valley Forge, PA ward, Cousins who graduated from BYU, etc. I have been a student of the LDS church for decades. (I became a born again evangelical Christian in 1971 in high school!) I never saw the connection between “imputed righteousness” and baptism and other ordinances for the dead!!! I have been praying for such a clear comparison!!! This is great!!! Along with the sufficiency of Christ and that a created LDS Jesus cannot provide a universal atonement for all humans!!! Excellent!!! Thank You for a wonderful testimony to Truth!
Wowwwwww How does one come out of this without being so incredibly broken? The lies 😪 SOOOOOO many lies. We were a very happy little Baptist family enjoying the bible when the Mormon missionaries found us and told us their lies which we believed sadly and our world was turned upside down. We should have NEVER trusted them. 💔😪😪😪😪🙏
Michael, the description of your experience with the LDS teaching in regards to Moroni 10:32 is what mine was, and the reason why I became inactive, before coming to the biblical Christ 20+ years ago. I became completely exhausted trying to rid myself of all ungodliness in order to be accepted by God as worthy. Anyone who is very sincere with themselves will know after giving their all, how fallacious this teaching is. By coincidence, this is the topic of my video I am working on. I have a tiny ministry to the LDS myself and I am in the Austin area, so we are kinda neighbors. Thank you for your message.✝️
I have listened to this video twice. I really appreciate this mans courage and love for Christ. My mother is LDS and she won’t listen but another friend of mine has turned to God from the church and I’m hoping this mans testimony will give her strength and courage to walk with the true Jesus of the Bible :) thank you for this gift!
@Mathew Lanier You're correct in your reasoning. Many LDS have questions concerning their "churches" history, doctrine, and sometimes even if Joseph Smith, really was a prophet of God. It can really help for them to realize they're not alone in their questioning, and that there are, and have been, many where they're now. This is a good goal to keep in mind, all the while, the main goal is sharing Christ with them, as the last thing a Christian wants to do, is to tear down their world view without first giving them the true Christian alternative. Soli Deo Gloria!
You hit it on the head when you were spinning her diamond. If the church was really true, you could be as rough as you want and it would not matter. Truth can stand the test.
Awesome story about the love of Christ🙏 I left the LDS church 14 years ago. Ephesians 2:8-10 saved by Grace. 1 Peter 1: 3-9 Praise to God for a living Hope
This touched my heart so deeply. I'm not a former Mormon but listening to your testimony is beautiful and encouraging. I have a ministry to people involved in cults. May God bless you greatly for your bravery in helping others come to Christ.
What a powerful testimony. I was raised as a second generation Jehovah's Witness and the Lord also planted seeds in me that eventually (but slowly) opened my eyes. I related so much to his story. Thank you for sharing this, it really blessed me as I know it will bless others. Praying it reaches those who are lost in that sea of searching for truth and never finding it.
Thank you for this testimony. I will now be in prayer for your ministry, and that many more will saved out of the LDS church, along with your ex wife, and your remaining family.
I pray that all the lost people trapped in the mormon cult to have the bravery to click on this video, to have the courage to challenge what they've been taught and think on their own. Amen.
Thank you for this magnificent interview. It touched my heart. I too left the LDS Church for Biblical Christianity and divorce was a consequence. It took me like 10 months to digest the concept of Grace after coming to Jesus. Sometimes, I guess, those thought patterns of Mormonism are not so easily vanquished. I hate religion and love the connection and relationship with the LORD! Thank you, Aaron and Michael.
The greatest miracle a man can get from God is being SAVED.Pease pray for every lost soul in this world to be saved as that is God's will.Praise be to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.Amen🙏
2. Corinthians 5:21. " He who knew no sin was made to be sin on our behalf, that we might be made rhe rignteousness of Christ in Him. Wonerful words tnat bring salvation and freedom from works. Bless you, brother.
I can really resonate with Michael's message because I too studied my way out of the LDS church in around 2008 and came to a saving relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ along with my wife. We still have a lot of LDS family members who we love that are struggling to live the law of mormonism and do not understand the biblical gospel, grace and Christ's Imputed Righteousness. It's not about us, it's about what Jesus did on the cross FOR us. He took on our sins and died on our behalf so that we could live in grace and not work our way toward heaven. There is nothing we can do to live with God again except believe in Jesus Christ and receive HIS WORK on the cross through FAITH. The sad thing is, LDS people don't believe their sinful even though the Bible makes it clear that "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" so that makes it hard for them to understand that Jesus paid for it all when He was nailed to the cross. They're trying to work their way towards heaven and receive exaltation in the Celestial Kingdom and become gods one day. The Bible is in total contradiction with LDS scripture, doctrines and beliefs, nowhere does it say we can become gods one day, in fact it states the opposite. Even the BOM is oddly enough in line with some Bible passages it's not until you start getting into the D&C and later Mormon teachings that totally contradict both books. I believe Joseph Smith may have had good intentions when starting the church, but I think it got away from him and he just couldn't control it any longer. It got to his head and his ego. 7-10 different and contradicting accounts of the First Vision alone, He used magical seer stones to translate the BOM which contradicts what the missionaries taught me back in 1996. He also practiced polygamy and married a 14 year old little girl among other things we were never told or informed of. Now the church is coming out with most of this stuff that has already been out for decades thanks to the internet and books from former mormons like Sandra Tanner and Utah Lighthouse Ministries and others. It's sad really because I really loved the church and all the good times I've had over the years but there comes a point where you can't live in a lie anymore and you have to ask yourself what's more important? To seek a relationship with the real Jesus of the Bible or continue down this path of deception and contradicting doctrines? Sure I made a lot of people mad and sad that I no longer believe in the LDS church but I will choose Jesus any day of the week over Mormonism.
Dear Michael, thank you so much for your encouragement to pray for Mormon missionaries. Just before you mentioned it, I was thinking: “Wow, 13 years really is a long time” and I felt that I would have to keep praying for many years for that one Mormon missionary that I had the most engaging discussions with. Then you said that! Thanks so much; praise God!
What a beautiful testimony, I have always wanted to hear from an ex Mormon. One that led to Christ not the ones who become aethists! So glad I stumbled on this video, it's the most authentic one I have found. God bless you.
Beautiful! Welcome Brother to a personal change and relationship with Jesus. This is not a works for salvation, faith. Jesus did it all for you already.He paid it all. Just keep studying the Word of God . The book of Revelation says , not to add , nor take anything out of this book. This Word is all you need. The "Word" IS Jesus! He is the only mediator between God and you! Blessings abound.
My great grandmother was in that very Willie handcart company as well. I am so deeply grateful for the love of the true Lord Jesus Christ, only begotten son of God, for keeping me from the LDS apostasy. Praise Jesus.
I think back before I gave my life to Christ, life was black and white, just did not have joy. When I gave my life to Jesus and as I started spending time in Gods in His word. Color came into my life and a over abundant joy in my life.
As i listen to you speak i can hear the humility in your heart. God bless u. I am an ex mormon myself and my family is still in the church. It is a sore subject with them. I pray they will see the lies.
I researched church history first and came to the conclusion that Joseph Smith was a false prophet but it wasn’t until this last year that I started to judge Mormonism against what the Bible says. For a while I was leaning agnostic. I am only recently coming around to Christianity. We left Utah and building a home in Buda Tx so I might run into this man one day. I’m glad I came across this video. 👍
I was a teen convert and I tried hard, but I simply could not fit into the LDS culture. My husband and I dragged on for forty years, but over and over again it just did not fit. Looking back, I can see that God was nudging me over and again to question the LDS Church and start searching for something else. But I thought that these nudgings were Satan trying to deceive me! Finally, I had the courage to do deep research on the internet. Then I bought a few books from Amazon so I could look at the actual publications. Finally, I knew for sure that the LDS Church is false. I returned to the Jesus that I had know pre-conversion.
I got chills about 10 times during your testimony. And then tears when your son wanted to talk and talk about Jesus. Many blessings to you and your family
Wow just wow. Not only us this a beautiful testimony of being truly born again but the comment section is amazingly encouraging. This I say with all honesty is like a breath of Cascade mountain fresh air after wearing a mask all day long. Your video encourages me to keep on preaching the Gospel through sharing my testimony openly. I was never a Mormon myself but I have a friend who has a friend who just became a Mormon. This is a great tool to give him to reach out to his friend. I'll be sharing this with him the next time I see him.
Mormonism is much like all sects of Christianity -- it is a religion of men that it's adherents are compelled to defend. Christ, on the other hand, isn't a religion, but the living saviour in whom we have our being (Acts 17:28). He is God's anointed, and through him we are reconciled to God. The religion of Christianity -- like all religions -- is rife with men's traditions and rituals, and thus, is but a shadow which cannot please God . But Jesus is the unblemished Truth, the Real Thing, in whom God is 'well pleased" (Matt:3:17). No religion can deliver us to God, but God's anointed, who is Messiah Jesus, can and will. Trust not in your religion or your religious leaders, but in God's Salvation, who is Christ Jesus, our Lord.
Such a heartwarming story! I think there may be another book in you! Just as you told it. My husband, his younger brother & 1 sister transitioned from Mormonism to Christianity. Sadly, his oldest brother is atheist or agnostic. Only one sibling, the youngest sister is still in Mormonism as well as my mother in law. I pray for them & welcome prayers for them as well.
Wow. This is such a powerful testimony. You can really see his changes heart. He went from a Religious stubborn guy to Relationship with God and humble person. I’m so glad God got to work in his life and put everything at the right timing. God bless you and your family!
Brother Michael, thank you for bringing light to the darkness of those who trust in men's doctrines: rather than the plainly written Holy Scriptures, inspired and kept by the Holy Spirit to this day!
“… this is the religion that I was born into. I would remain a LDS for 32 years as a captive and I never knew I was a prisoner until God opened my eyes and by His Grace rescued me out of that religion”.. brought me to tears. I’m praying that God rescues my husband out of the same crafty, deceptive false religion he too was born into 49+ years ago.
Thank you i will keep praying for my sister who is on her journey to Jesus prays that she actually reads the bible an not be lost in the book of Mormon.
Mormons reduce the Holy Bible and make it conducive to their beliefs. It is a contorted division of the bible. But if you read your Bible and really study it you will see the truth. The word is food for life. In the beginning was the word John 1.1. If you belong to a church that is teaching you twisted and contortions of the bible and writing their own books. Then that alone should give you some subjective and observations that it is not right. There should be no deviation from the word. No addition no subtraction. There is only 1 God. He is almighty! The great "I Am". He is not the author of confusion. There is no one before him, beside him or after him. Amen🙏🏽
This testimony is so beautiful because he went from a lie to the truth. He could easily become a depressed person in the process. Praise God he’s faithful to finished what he begins.
This is one of the best testimony's, if not the best I ever came across. Thanks for sharing, God truly worked miracles in this man's life! May this testimony open the eyes of many more to come and have the lost sheep hear His voice in the Name of Jesus Christ.
Mormon god Adam according to mormon doctrine is a finite being he did not exist until one point in time so he has beginning. Jesus of the Bible is an infinite being that always existed and always will exist.
Man, every minute of this was just so wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm a Christian, I've encountered lots of Mormons in East Texas where I live, I love them so much, they are so zealous to follow Jesus. However, I see so much of that is striving and performance based religion. I'm fascinated by learning more and more of what they believe, not to bash them, but like you said, to gently be able to speak to them on their level. They always want me to read the book of mormon, which I have not, but I tell them, why would I read something that so highly contradicts God's word. Namely believing that God is 3 separate entities, and that He is not all together Yahweh. Anyway, I've just lately been so fascinated in my heart and spirit by the testimonies of people leaving the LDS way and coming to know Jesus as the I Am, if you have seen Me you have seen the Father. Its so powerful, and I can see how what you said that you viewed God as so little because of the LDS doctrine. Anyway I'm rambling but this just really touched my heart. Thank you bro 🙏 🙌 ❤️
You are a wonderful young man! If I had a young daughter, your age, (and she wasn’t already married) I would be very proud to call you son!!! I’m so glad you found out the truth about our Savior!
AMEN AMEN AMEN 🙏 🙌 Thank you for sharing. I pray your interview really educates those still in the dark. Bible literacy is crucial in this age of false prophets, self idolatry, false doctrines and Christian entertainment.
Thank you for sharing your powerful testimony. I agree with all that you have said about the Mormon church. The LDS are sincere but sincerely wrong. Im glad you are out. Ive been to Mormon church for two years and God showed me that this is not a true church and i have to leave so i did. Their teachings and doctrines are not biblical. And lets pray that more LDS will come to know the real truth about our Lord Jesus Christ. Shalom brother keep up the good fight of faith.
Beautiful testimony. God is sooo good. May he use you mightily to share the true gospel. I was hooked to this interview. I pray your family comes to Christ too! 🙏🏻
According to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, Repentance plays a major role in every individuals salvation. D&C 1: 32-33 states : "Nevertheless, he that repents and does the commandments of the Lord shall be forgiven; and he that repents not,from him shall be taken even the light which he has received; for my Spirit shall not always strive with man, Says the Lord of Hosts." The question is now have you met the requirements of repenting defined by the church? 1. True or false according to D&C, people who repent of their sins must forsake their sin? 2. True or false in order to live with Heavenly Father you must stop sinning? 3. True or false true repentance means to never sin again? 4. True or false repenting for only some sins never results in complete forgiveness? 5.True or false in order to obtain exaltation in this in the next life, you must stop from doing all sin in this life? Answers: Question 1- True D&C 58,42,43 Question 2- True Gospel fundamentals, p.67 Question 3- True repentance brings forgiveness, tract by the LDS, 1984. Question 4- True 12th president Spencer w. Kimball, the miracle of forgiveness, p.212 Question 5- True 12th president Spencer w. Kimball, the miracle of forgiveness, p.210 How did you do? Are you worried about where you are gonna go yet? Are you tired and heavy laden? Are you sure you are going to be good enough to go to the next life? Well don't worry because Jesus says, Matthew 11: 28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. He also gives you a guaranty of Salvation. Ephesians 2: 8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man shall boasts. Then how do I get saved you may asks?! Well John 3: 16 is some really good news my LDS friends, For God so loved the world He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not parish, but have everlasting life. And finally John 3: 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. You see believing on Jesus is what saves you not your work's. So now my Lds friends go in peace in your life and know God loves us and gives a free gift to all who believe the gift of eternal life through His Son, and if someone makes you pay for a gift you receive then it's no longer a gift! God Bless My friends.
1.6k views and only 123 likes. Come on folks like the video so it can come up recommended on others timelines who are seeking the truth of Jesus. God bless you all
I watched this because a friend of mine has a 21 year old grandson, who is a recent convert to the LDS church and is scheduled to marry a Mormon girl in October, 2022. His family is concerned and I'm trying to help them. This testimony is 2nd to none in my opinion. I have also recommended a number of movies by Living Hope Ministries.
God answered your mother's prayer because he knows the future and he knew you would be faithful to truth and honest. It reminds me of the verse in Revelation that says, "come out of her my people". God calls everyone out of Satan's lies.
